Presented by The Cult Film Club - Extreme
Roar
Billed as 'the most dangerous film ever made'! Gawp at this 1981 action film starring wild cats and Tippi Hedren.
Director: Noah Marshall
Cast includes: Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith
Presented by the Cult Film Club - Extreme
98 Mins / 1981 / USA
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Tippi Hedren famously suffered on the set of The Birds (1963), but that clearly wasn’t enough because just a few years later she and her husband Noel Marshall would embark on another animal-based project that almost resulted in total disaster: Roar (1981), the most dangerous film ever made.
A tale of survival on the African savannah; whilst no animals were harmed in the making of the film, 70 members of the cast and crew were! Come and hear the story behind the film, and then witness for yourself just what happens if you put your family and a film crew in the same room as dozens of hungry lions.
About The Cult Film Club EXTREME
The brainchild of film historian Dr Adrian Smith, The Cult Film Club was established in Eastbourne in 2018 following a screening of Evil Dead II at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre. A season of highly entertaining films followed, including such classics as The Warriors, The Man With Two Brains and Enter the Dragon before the club relocated to the Towner Cinema where fans gathered for The Thing, Labyrinth, Heathers and The Dead, before lockdown intervened.
This new EXTREME version of the club sees us bringing a mix of films to the Electric Palace that are shocking, controversial, or just extremely silly. With an emphasis on crowd-pleasing, a good time is guaranteed for all brave enough to join us.
About Dr Adrian Smith
Dr Adrian Smith is a film historian and lecturer at the University of Sussex. He co-hosts two film podcasts (Second Features and Wild, Wild Podcast), writes for Cinema Retro magazine, has provided essays and commentary tracks for a number of cult film blu ray releases, and is co-author on the recently published book Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror. He will talk endlessly about films to anyone who will listen.
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